Vote for the best verboticism.
DEFINITION: n. The moment of awareness when you realize that have you made a huge mistake on a big project, and will have to start all over again, from the very beginning. v. To suddenly realize that you are going to fail.
Verboticisms
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Ohnoment
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: oh + no + ment
Sentence: I was doing inventory, counting thousands of widgets, when I realized that I'd missed an entire box and I'd have to start over.
Etymology: oh no + moment
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COMMENTS:
Great word Osomatic! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-17: 17:14:00
I like it too - petaj, 2007-05-17: 17:27:00
oh yes. this one I will use. - erasmus, 2007-05-18: 04:55:00
wish i had a vote left to use on this one... - iwasatripwire, 2007-05-18: 12:53:00
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Futilization
Created by: ldikarev
Pronunciation: fyoo til ee zation
Sentence: Moment of truth had come... and left, and nothing exploded. Feeling of futilization enveloped the somber group of would-be demolition men.
Etymology: futility +realization
Sisyphuc
Created by: cohenarie
Pronunciation: SIS i fuk
Sentence: It was 3am. Somehow, the warning "This Action Cannot Be Undone" failed to penetrate. In one sisyphuc, by clicking "Revert to Saved," John effectively erased half of his thesis.
Etymology: From the myth of Sisyphus, forced eternally to roll the same big rock up the same big hill. Clayton's comment inspired me to alter the word (from sisyphstant) - not sure about the ethics of such a move, but we could consider it etymological evolution?
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COMMENTS:
Hard to pronounce, but Camus would be proud. - Clayton, 2007-05-17: 15:50:00
sisyphuc would be easier to say, wouldn't it? And perhaps more expressive. - cohenarie, 2007-05-17: 17:03:00
Nice one. Just glad for the ph spelling instead of f. - texmom, 2007-05-18: 07:26:00
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Refailation
Created by: pepperpatti
Pronunciation: re-fail-ation
Sentence: She had a huge refailation when three hours before her project was due, she discovered that she had gotten the directions all wrong
Etymology: Revelation: to realize some thing big. Fail: to flunk.
Eslipphany
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: ee/slip/fanny
Sentence: It was a major eslipphany when the fax machine ate the document that he was supposed to be scanning
Etymology: epiphany + slip
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COMMENTS:
Good one. - Clayton, 2007-05-17: 15:47:00
nice - galwaywegian, 2007-05-18: 04:23:00
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Blunderstruck
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: blun-der-struk
Sentence: Right as he was about to complete his assignment, he became horribly blunderstruck
Etymology: blunder, thunderstruck
Formatting
Created by: duchessella
Pronunciation: FOR-ma-ting
Sentence: Formatting of her wedding due to the groom coming out of the closet on stag night was devastating, so she formatted herself and went to become a nun.
Etymology: As in hard disk formatting in computers - due to a huge problem e.g. virus, you need to wipe everything off and restart from scratch.
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COMMENTS:
She was probably feeling a bit defragile after that. - petaj, 2007-05-17: 05:50:00
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Bannsaboteur
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: ban-sab-at-er
Sentence: Sarah was so close to tying the knot with her darling John. If only her evil nemesis cousin hadn't turned up to the reading of the banns waving a copy of Sarah's current marriage certificate. I mean, she and Trevor hadn't seen each other for ages: it was a divorce in all but name. Couldn't her stupid bannsaboteur relative see that? And where was John, anyway?
Etymology: banns (public notice of forthcoming marriage) + saboteur (one who commits an act of destruction)
Oemeffgy
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: o - wem - EF - jee
Sentence: "The oemeffgy I felt was unlike any other feeling of disappointment I ever felt in my entire life when I knew I made the mistake to make a verbotomy cartoon based on the beautiful Katie Holmes and her wedding with the famous scientologist we always see in Mission Impossible [Who was he, again? Ted Cramps?]. I remodeled the face and now she looks exactly like Bai Ling!" - James Gangg [James Gang's evil twin half-brother who slaves for the drawings everyday]
Etymology: Originated from [American English Slang] - OMFG (If you guessed right, you're a genius!) XD
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COMMENTS:
LOL. BTW, are you cruisin for a bruisin? - petaj, 2007-05-17: 05:48:00
Hey! I'm a genius!!! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-17: 07:02:00
@petaj: nah. it's a harmless euphemism. :] @purpleartichokes: good to know you're one, PA! ;] - ohwtepph, 2007-05-17: 07:07:00
Here's a creativity vote. You made me giggle! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-17: 18:28:00
@petaj: Yeah, i didn't get that first joke about the cruisin. I guess I'm not a genius then. LOL - ohwtepph, 2007-05-17: 21:13:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by two writers: Osomatic and erasmus. Thank you Osomatic and erasmus! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus. Thank you erasmus. ~ James
:-D